We can’t afford to move but this means that we will never shop anywhere in Ridgewood again. Kings at least has its own parking. Our taxes have more than quadrupled in the time we have lived here. Now I assume they will quadruple again in the next 2 years. Ridgewood will soon be a town of only million dollar incomes because no-one making less will be able to afford to live here. Not only is the garage a financial disaster but the new apartments will require much more school space for all the children who will arrive with them. The quotes of”‘little or no children” were based on the one tall apartment building at the corner of Franklin and Maple. None of the garden apartments were surveyed at all. Why? Because children live in those. And, as someone said before, if you believe no children will fill those apartments, I have a nice bridge to sell you. Our council seems to have believed the hype that they will only be filled with hundreds of very very rich people who either have no children or are retired with a huge pension and who also don’t even have one car per apartment. I guess they were testers of the marijuana product before it comes on the open market. I hope they are planning to greatly increase the police budget because the garage and apartments will require many more police responses than we have police to cover the calls.
I am slightly confused by this. Is it saying the new Broad St. garden apartments will be filled with lower income families so therefore only millionaires will live in Ridgewood? I graduated RHS with a class of 550 and my kids had only low 400’s so I am confused and skeptical as to why we are always being told there is not enough space in the schools. Willard before the double in size addition actually once had K through 6th grade. Seems there is always excuses to raise taxes due to schools that might not be true. As for the apartments, nobody wants Ridgewood to become Hackensack so I hope that is not the result.
Many would say that Aronsohn and his gang are looking to make Ridgewood the next Union City
Aronsohn is a virus. It can be in abeyance for a long time, but it’s always there, waiting for the opportunistic moment to strike.
The new 3 blind mice are supporting development don’t be confused on what’s happening here mixed with political advancements beyond RW…. Hmm sounds like what everyone didn’t like about Harwin. You voted for this bunch… You all gotta live with it now.
… or at least the next Montclair.
No, I am not saying that only poor people with lots of kids will move in. Very few apartments are being allowed for low income, and that basically means an income lower than the average Ridgewood taxpayer. Many current Ridgewood residents could qualify. I am saying that, as has been noted before, many houses go on sale at Graduation time and the sale sign is posted near a Congratulations lawn sign. Many potential renters will find these apartments (at regular price) cheaper than either renting or buying in Ridgewood and the 2 bedrooms can handle at least 2 kids and the 3 bedrooms more. The various garden apartments in town have many children in them now.Though the quality of education has declined drastically since we moved in, it is still better than many other towns and Counties can offer. People are willing to squeeze and financially suffer in order to get into a good school district. The first built will have astronomical rents but the more that are built, the more the rents cannot stay that high. They will be reasonable for people with children. The high school is seeing the last of the lower birth rate children. Our lower grades are seeing a larger amount of children currently. Just drive around town and notice all the baby toys and strollers!
So you are saying these should be million dollar town homes for sale rather than rent? That would solve the rent problem you are talking about. I suppose real estate owners would be better than renters. I would rather just not see too many apartments and condominiums crammed into downtown. Let’s see how the Broad street one turns out before any others are permitted. Reguarding the larger amount of children; you are saying years ago the schools were better, yet years ago the graduating class size were 500 to 600. So the increase class size should improve the schools if you are pointing to historically better schools. I really don’t think making class size the issue is the right approach. Why can’t we just say we don’t want too many condos and apartments because it looks crappy? I am not convinced increased class size should justify an excuse for higher taxes. My classes were big and the schools were good.